This is a list of trolleybus systems in Brazil by Estado. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.
Bahia
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Salvador 9 January 1959 June 1968
Ceará
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Fortaleza 25 January 1967 February 1972
Minas Gerais
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Belo Horizonte 30 May 1953 22 January 1969 Construction of a second system was started, in the late 1980s,Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 164, March–April 1989, p. 40. but never completed, and the plans were eventually cancelled.
Pernambuco
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Recife 15 June 1960 24 September 2001 TM No. 257, Sep.-Oct. 2004, p. 111.
Rio de Janeiro
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Campos (dos Goytacazes) 29 June 1958 12 June 1967 Niterói 21 November 1953 10 November 1967 Rio de Janeiro: ♦ Zona Norte April 1965 April 1971 (?) ♦ Zona Sul 3 September 1962 July 1968 (?)
Rio Grande do Sul
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Porto Alegre 7 December 1963 19 May 1969
São Paulo
Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Araraquara 27 December 1959 20 November 2000 Ribeirão Preto 24 July 1982 2 July 1999 TM No. 227, Sep.-Oct. 1999, p. 112. Rio Claro 9 May 1986 July 1993 Santos 12 August 1963 See also Trolleybuses in Santos. SPTrans (urban) São Paulo 22 April 1949 See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo. Metropolitano São Mateus - Jabaquara - EMTU, (METRA), (Next Mobilidade) Greater São Paulo 3 December 1988 Serves neighboring towns including Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo and Santo André.See also Trolleybuses in São Paulo and São Mateus–Jabaquara Metropolitan Corridor.
See also
List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries List of town tramway systems in Brazil List of light-rail transit systems List of rapid transit systems Trolleybus usage by country
Sources
Books and periodicals Murray, Alan. 2000. World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia (). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks. Peschkes, Robert. 1980. World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems - Part One, Latin America (). Exeter, UK: Quail Map Company. Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
Website Morrison, Allen (November 2007). Latin American Trolleybus Installations Retrieved on 2010-04-05.
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